Where has he demanded freedom from the consequences?
I answered a generalized question that you asked, based on your depiction of my logic...I have no idea whether Josh Duggar demanded any such thing...
If you were actually watching the show over the years.
it is indubitably true that I have never watched even one segment of the program...
Also, the shame that the Duggars have over the episode is quite likely very deep
I have no doubt that is true...and if it were true when the incident occurred, it is all the more curious as to why they felt the need to parade their family life as a sort of moral iconism, through the eye of public media...
Having had a relative who committed an offense in his youth, I assure you they were mortified, embarrassed and never brought it up.
I too had a relative who committed an offense (albeit nonsexual)...yes, it hurts to talk about it...
However much the Duggar parents may be an extreme case, it is the same reason most parents don’t see child molestation as ‘real’ rape or incest, because it taints their kids and makes them look like bad parents. Suddenly it is not the cute little girl or the cute little boy but the rape or abuse victim. So in the end they talk themselves into it that it was not a real abuse or rape and probably not meant like that and probably somehow prompted by the victim or circumstances.
I love how people who have never watched the show feel like they have to weigh in. I never watched Honey Boo Boo and never weighed in. Never watched the Kardasians either for that matter. Maybe no one cares what you think?